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Clinical Legal Education Program - University at Buffalo

Offers a variety of legal clinics, outlined below. Access to Justice Hybrid Clinic: Students staff either the Help Desk in Erie County Family Court or the Pro Se Assistance Program in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (Buffalo and Rochester). Animal Law Clinic: The Animal Law Clinic focuses on national, state, and local policy addressing animal welfare issues, such as puppy mills, feral and community cats, and former racehorses. Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic: A litigation clinic focused on civil rights and civil liberties, spanning constitutional liberties like free speech, privacy, due process, and statutory civil rights against discrimination. COVID Response Legal Clinic: Student attorneys serve unmet access-to-justice needs of the community, helping individual and families who are facing unexpected legal matters due to the coronavirus. e-Law Center Clinic: Works with diverse companies who are confronting a variety of business challenges specific to startups and early stage high-growth ventures. Environmental Advocacy Clinic: Focuses on state, national, and international environmental policy issues that have a direct impact on Western New York, as well as national and international implications. Family Violence and Women's Rights Law: Focuses on attaining justice and safety for victims of intimate partner violence. Mediation Clinic: Working on cases referred by local courts or other mediation agencies, students help resolve disputes in family law, small claims, and the community. Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic: Provides practical legal research and thoughtful pro bono service through an ongoing collaborative effort to empower a resilient Puerto Rico.

What's Here

Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Corporate / Business Law
Constitutional / Civil Rights Groups
Accessibility Related Standards / Legislation Compliance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Environmental Law
General Legal Aid
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Education Discrimination Assistance
Mediation
Constitutional Law
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance

SUFFOLK COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION | H. LEE DENNISON BUILDING

Investigates complaints of unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, credit, and education that have occurred in Suffolk County and enforces various local, state and federal laws that give people equal rights. Call for detailed information.

What's Here

Discrimination Assistance
Law Enforcement Complaints
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY | NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS - HUDSON VALLEY

Assists individuals with filling out the appropriate paperwork regarding discrimination and investigates the complaints. Also provides investigative information for legislation to help create or change laws.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance

CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY | NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL - MID HUDSON VALLEY

Assists individuals when they want to file a discrimination complaint when their civil rights have been violated.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance

HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION PROGRAM | ROCKLAND COUNTY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Investigation of unlawful discriminatory practices relating to housing, employment and public accommodation. Committed to reducing tension and conflict among or between various groups in community. Confidential complaints process for persons experiencing discrimination. Organizes Stop Prejudice Now awareness program.

What's Here

Constitutional / Civil Rights Groups
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance

EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION | WESTCHESTER COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

Provides assistance for people who have been discriminated against in Westchester County who believe that they have been denied equal access to employment or that they have been treated unfairly as employees, i.e., that they were sexually harassed or denied equal pay for equal work, passed over for a promotion, denied training opportunities or fired on the basis of their age, gender, race or ethnic origin, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or status as a victim of domestic violence.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance

WNYCOSH Worker Center

Provides information and assistance around workers' rights education, health and safety training, and worker advocacy.

What's Here

Employment Related Advocacy Groups
Labor and Employment Law
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Workplace Safety Education

DISCRIMINATION ADVOCACY | NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION-LOWER HUDSON VALLEY CHAPTER

Helps individual with complaints when they feel that their constitutional rights have been violated.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (Service Group)

What's Here

Housing Discrimination Assistance
Constitutional / Civil Rights Groups
Ethnic Advocacy Groups
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance

Division of Equal Opportunity Development (DEOD) | New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) (Admin Site)

Ensures equality in the workplace and the delivery of customer services through taking discrimination and sexual harassment complaints. They also deal with issues with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), review unemployment insurance discrimination complaints, and provide administration and oversite of the Minority and Women's Business Program and of One-Stop Centers.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance

Division of Equal Opportunity Development (DEOD) | New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) (Admin Site)

Ensures equality in the workplace and the delivery of customer services through taking discrimination and sexual harassment complaints. They also deal with issues with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), review unemployment insurance discrimination complaints, and provide administration and oversite of the Minority and Women's Business Program and of One-Stop Centers.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance

DISCRIMINATION ADVOCACY | NAACP (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE)

Accepts complaints of discrimination and provides advocacy and other services for anyone who has experienced any form of discrimination. Also works to make change by advocating legislatively and socially.

What's Here

Individual Advocacy
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Legislative Advocacy
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance

OBREROS UNIDOS DE YONKERS / UNITED LABORERS OF YONKERS | CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY

Will offer referrals to needed services in the community, help with claims against employers who discriminate and/or do not pay, help file police reports if they are robbed or assaulted, etc.

What's Here

General Benefits Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Individual Advocacy

SUFFOLK COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION | RIVERHEAD COUNTY CENTER

Investigates complaints of unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, credit, and education that have occurred in Suffolk County and enforces various local, state and federal laws that give people equal rights. Call for detailed information.

What's Here

Discrimination Assistance
Law Enforcement Complaints
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance

ADVOCACY SERVICES | HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SULLIVAN COUNTY

Human Rights Commission provides assistance for people who have been discriminated against in Sullivan County who believe that they have been treated unfairly, denied employment, housing, education, health care, customer service, or club membership services/benefits or have experienced delays in service provision due to their age, gender, family composition, race or ethnic origin, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance

PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION | PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION

A national organization that serves as a liaison between the patient and their insurer, employer and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job discrimination and/or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis. Seeks to safeguard patients through mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of financial stability. Provides legal consultation and referral services for patients facing denial of insurance coverage, employment discrimination and need for negotiating support with public assistance programs. In situations of health crisis, care workers offer free help in resolving issues. Website offers online request-for-help capability and has a directory of prescription drug patient assistance programs that offer medicines free of charge to physicians whose patients might not otherwise have access to necessary medicine.

What's Here

Patient Rights Assistance
Insurance Claims Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Mediation

HEALTH RIGHTS ADVOCACY | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - REGION 2

Provides the information, guidance and help for Americans who want to file a complaint against any agency where there has been discrimination.

What's Here

Education Discrimination Assistance
HIPAA Complaints
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance

HUMAN RIGHTS ASSISTANCE | ULSTER COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

Receives and investigates complaints from individuals who believe they have been illegally discriminated against under New York State or federal human rights laws that apply to employment, housing, public accommodation, education and credit.

What's Here

Constitutional / Civil Rights Groups
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance

OBREROS UNIDOS DE YONKERS / UNITED LABORERS OF YONKERS | CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY - ST. JOHN BOSCO

Will offer referrals to needed services in the community, help with claims against employers who discriminate and/or do not pay, help file police reports if they are robbed or assaulted, etc.

What's Here

General Benefits Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Individual Advocacy

PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION | PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION

A national organization that serves as a liaison between the patient and their insurer, employer and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job discrimination and/or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis. Seeks to safeguard patients through mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of financial stability. Provides legal consultation and referral services for patients facing denial of insurance coverage, employment discrimination and need for negotiating support with public assistance programs. In situations of health crisis, careworkers offer free help in resolving issues. Website offers online request-for-help capability and has a directory of prescription drug patient assistance programs that offer medicines free of charge to physicians whose patients might not otherwise have access to necessary medicine.

What's Here

Patient Rights Assistance
Health Insurance Claims Assistance for Beneficiaries
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Debt Management
Insurance Claims Assistance
Patients

HUMAN RIGHTS DISCRIMINATION ASSISTANCE | ALBANY COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

The Albany County Human Rights Commission provides informational assistance and enforcement of State and Federal discrimination laws. The Commission files complaints of discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, military status, age, marital status, disability, prior arrest or conviction record and predisposing genetic characteristics.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance

CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY | NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL - LOWER HUDSON VALLEY

Assists individuals when they want to file a discrimination complaint when their civil rights have been violated.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance

Positive People & Families Program - VLP

Provides free civil legal services for individuals who are HIV positive or who have an HIV positive family member, including but not limited to: end of life planning, care and custody planning, child support, custody, visitation, family offenses, divorce, discrimination, bankruptcy, housing problems, and name change.

What's Here

Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Name Change Assistance
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Advance Medical Directives
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Ex-Offender Legal Assistance
Bankruptcy Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
General Legal Aid
Will Preparation Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Divorce Assistance
Living Trust Preparation Assistance